Swiss alpine landscape in early spring with green pastures, minimal snow at lower elevations, and snow-capped mountains in the background. Below: overview of Decentlab soil moisture sensors (DL-SMTP, DL-SDD) and groundwater level sensors (DL-PR26, DL-PR36, DL-PR36CTD).

Low Snow Reserves – again.

Switzerland heads into spring with 30–60 % of normal snowpack. Rain gauges won't show you what's underground. Direct measurement will.

Sensor devices for LoRaWAN giving insights for soil moisture and groundwater: www.decentlab.com/products

#Groundwater #SoilMoisture

Contrary effects of soil moisture-atmosphere feedback on dry and humid heatwaves - Nature Communications This study shows that soil moisture–atmosphere feedback (SAF) amplifies dry heatwaves but reduces the duration and severity of humid ones in low-to-mid latitudes. This contrast arises from the competi...

New study shows that #SoilMoisture – #atmosphere feedback (SAF) amplifies dry #heatwaves but reduces the duration and severity of humid ones in low-to-mid latitudes. This contrast arises from the competition between SAF-induced #warming and #moisture depletion. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Published in the Journal of Remote Sensing, a team addressed a practical remote-sensing problem: how to retrieve soil moisture more accurately in regions where vegetation interferes with microwave signals.
#SoilMoisture #CYGNSS
Details: doi.org/10.34133/remotesensing.0981

Accurate soil moisture measurements can be difficult in high-salinity soils. SOLYX 14 with CDX technology measures dielectric permittivity in a way that helps reduce the influence of salinity on water content measurements.

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Every irrigation decision carries risk. SOLYX 14 provides consistent soil moisture measurements across soil types, helping you make irrigation decisions with greater confidence.

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Soil moisture monitoring with cosmogenic neutrons: an asset for the development and assessment of soil moisture products in the state of Brandenburg (Germany) Abstract. In the recent years, the German federal state of Brandenburg has been particularly impacted by soil moisture droughts. To support the timely and informed management of such water-related ris...

Heistermann et al. introduce a novel #SoilMoisture monitoring network based on cosmic-ray neutron sensing #CRNS technology in the German federal state of #Brandenburg that has been particularly impacted by soil moisture droughts in recent years. #OpenData
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In a study published in the Journal of Remote Sensing, researchers present PHYsics-based Soil rEflectivity Retrieval (PHYSER)—a physics-based framework for spaceborne GNSS-R soil moisture retrieval.
#soilmoisture #monitoring
Details: spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/remotesensing.0939

A map of calculated soil moisture anomaly for the U.S. Conditions are very dry in the eastern half of the country.

The calculated soil moisture anomaly for the US shows extremely dry conditions across the eastern US. The soil moisture is lowest across eastern Texas to northwestern Mississippi and also in southwest Georgia.

#SoilMoisture 🧪

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What this means for homeowners


Moles in Late Winter is a common concern because pest activity rarely follows the calendar the way we expect. #lawndamage #moletunnels #soilmoisture #winteractivity
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Compound droughts dominated the reduction of vegetation productivity in China from 1982 to 2018 Compound droughts caused by concurrent atmospheric and soil moisture deficits exert stronger negative effects on vegetation productivity. From 1982 to 2018

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Compound droughts dominated the reduction of vegetation productivity in China from 1982 to 2018

#VaporPressureDeficit | #SoilMoisture | #AtmosphericDroughts | #PlantGrowth | #CarbonCycle

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The calculated soil moisture anomaly in mm is shown on a map of the U.S. The eastern part of the country is exceedingly dry.

The eastern parts of the U.S. are much drier than normal, according to the calculated soil moisture anomaly in mm.

#SoilMoisture #drought 🧪

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This commentary revisits the principles of surface soil moisture based drought assessment, clarifies several overlooked misconceptions, and outlines next-generation research directions to advance satellite-based agricultural drought monitoring
doi.org/10.59717/j.x...
#soilmoisture #droughtmonitoring

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Soil Moisture Mapping Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data and Cloud-Based Regression Modeling on Google Earth Engine
www.mdpi.com/3042-5743/36...

By Tarun Teja Kondraju et al.
From the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land

#SoilMoisture #GoogleEarthEngine

📗 Our #CRC1502 most-cited series continues with Post #4 (46 citations): Rahmati et al., Reviews of Geophysics (2024) — “Soil Moisture Memory: State-Of-The-Art and the Way Forward”, on how soils “remember” wet/dry #extremes and shape land–climate #feedbacks.

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Can weak physics improve machine-learning generalization to new (or any) sites compared to hard-constraint physics-informed machine learning that requires site-specific details?

We address this question in our new paper in GRL.

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#soilmoisture #machinelearning

The calculated soil moisture anomaly map shows incredibly dry soil in the Northeast and parts of the Midwest, Southeast and states along the Gulf.

#soilmoisture #drought 🧪

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🧠 On the third video of 'My paper in 140 seconds' series by Visakh Sivaprasad, a #deeplearning model to generate a 21-year European #soilmoisture dataset using AMSR-E/2 data was explained. This fills gaps, improving accuracy by 26%.

More info on:
📝 doi.org/10.1109/JSTA...
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LLM-Powered Framework Detects Soil Moisture Patterns and Anomalies

SPADE uses ChatGPT‑4.1 to analyze soil‑moisture data, detecting irrigation events and sensor anomalies without training, achieving higher recall and F1 scores in U.S. farm tests. getnews.me/llm-powered-framework-de... #spade #soilmoisture

The map of the U.S. shows the calculated soil moisture ranking percentile.

The calculated soil moisture ranking percentile map for September 21 shows unusually dry areas in parts of the West, Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest. Areas in the Plains and Michigan's UP are extremely wet.

#drought #SoilMoisture 🧪

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The soil moisture percentile map shows areas of extreme dryness where the percentile is very low to wetter areas where percentile is higher.

Soil moisture percentiles across the U.S.

#SoilMoisture #drought 🧪

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Smartphone Acoustic Sensing Measures Soil Moisture with AI Accuracy

Smartphone acoustic sensing estimates soil moisture with a 2.39% mean absolute error across a 15.9%–34.0% range, running locally without extra hardware. Read more: getnews.me/smartphone-acoustic-sens... #soilmoisture #smartphone #acoustic

Wet Soils Amplify Flooding Storms coming from atmospheric rivers bring vital moisture to the US West Coast. However, they also cause most of the region's floods. Storm size alone does not always predict flood risk, ground…

Better soil moisture data could improve flood predictions, especially as atmospheric river events intensify.

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We are excited to announce that the HYPROP now meets the ASTM Standard D6836.

The HYPROP automates high-resolution #soilmoisture release curves, generating hundreds of data points for a detailed understanding of the curve.

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#SoilMoisture influences food security, climate, flooding & wildfire risk. Learn the latest field & lab methods for measuring soil water movement a the Advances in Soil Water Movement Methods workshop from the experts at #EUROSOIL2025 #SoilScience #Hydrology #ClimateChange #StevensWater

Global greening causes significant soil moisture loss, study finds A new study has uncovered a surprising and concerning paradox: although Earth's vegetation cover has expanded dramatically over the past four decades, this widespread "greening" trend is often associa...

Earth's #vegetation cover has #expanded dramatically over the past four decades. However, this widespread "greening" trend is often associated with a #decline in #soilmoisture, particularly in water-scarce regions.
phys.org/news/2025-08... #climatechange #water #scarcity #drying

The map of calculated soil moisture anomaly in millimeters shows areas of the US where soil moisture is unusually dry or wet.

The calculated soil moisture anomaly for the U.S. on Aug. 19. The driest areas include parts of Florida, the Northeast and the West. The wettest areas are in the Dakotas, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Southeast.

#soilmoisture #drought 🧪

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Skillful subseasonal soil moisture drought forecasts with deep learning-dynamic models - Nature Communications This study presents a hybrid approach that combines deep learning with dynamic models for soil moisture forecast. This hybrid approach significantly improves soil moisture and flash drought forecasts ...

New study presents a hybrid approach that combines #DeepLearning with dynamical models for #SoilMoisture #forecast. Soil moisture and flash #drought forecasts are improved beyond two weeks, offering a promising path to earlier warning of #ClimateExtremes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

✨This #NationalScienceWeek, we're exploring one of nature's secret languages!
#DYK? Distant supernovae help measure #soilmoisture in Australia. Cosmic rays trigger neutrons in our atmosphere; hydrogen in soil slows them. This reveals moisture levels thanks to the TERN-supported CosmOz network.